Unusual and interesting photos Part 3

1. Connection with your subject.
2. Good lighting.
3. Look for both big and quiet moments.

1. I think the photographer displayed the suggestions pretty much fully besides maybe the lighting.
2. Juxtaposition because I just really like surprises and this style of painting is perfect for that.

Unusual and interesting photos Part 2

1. I picked this photo because my favorite sport is baseball and I think its cool how it got the ball coming at the camera in the photo.
2. Sports Photojournalist of the Year
3. 3rd place
4. I like how it got the ball before it passed the camera.
5. I think they thought it was good because it caught him looking at the ball and caught the ball mid-flight.
6. He had to put the camera really close to the player despite the possibility of the camera being broken

1. I picked this photo because I watched him win this.
2. Sports Photojournalist of the Year
3. 3rd place
4. I like how they got him and the whole home plate.
5. I think they liked the angle of the photo because it looks really cool how they got the whole batters box with him and his award.
6. He had to get above him to get the photo in this angle.

1. I picked this photo because I love pictures like this where it shows the ball on the bat.
2. Sports Photojournalist of the Year
3. 1st
4. Its crazy how they got the ball connecting with the bat perfectly.
5. I think they thought the angle of the photo to see the player watching the ball hit the bat and to see the ball on the bat was amazing.
6. They had to time it perfectly to get the ball on the bat.

Unusual and interesting photos Part 1

1. I like his work because I like this effect in particular because you can tell what the object is but it also looks really cool.
2. I think he took multiple pictures at different angles and put them into one photo.
3. I think some good buildings to take pictures like this of are the frost bank and the capital building.  Both of these buildings are in downtown austin and are easy access.

Photo Manipulation and Ethics

1.
A.) The purpose for this story is to tell people the effects of photoshopping pictures. It shows how peoples lives can change over altering a picture. You can get in serious trouble for photoshopping things of that importance. So be careful what you alter.

B.) This type of photo editing is unethical because it can cause serious problems between people. It causes problems because it changes peoples views on things and sometimes its in a negative way.

2.

A.) I think this photo is the most unethical because it gives people the view that american soldiers are ordering people around and telling them what to go. When really, he wasn't telling them anything.

B.) This editing isn't as bad to me because all they did was move on a little closer so that they could fit it on the cover. It's not like changed someones views politically, they just fit it onto the cover.

National Geographic photos and Ethics in Photography

This is my favorite photo because I'm extremely scared of  spiders so the fact that all these trees are cocooned in webs is crazy to me. I also liked it because at first I couldn't tell what the tree was until I read what it was. It was crazy to find out what that was. 

A photo I would take in this contest, is the hundreds of snail in my front yard that are literally covering my lawn because of all the rain and moisture.   

40 Greatest Photos

Stan Stearns

 I picked this photo because instead of the little boy standing there like everyone else, he is saluting like the soldiers. What drew me to this photo was how the photographer set up the phot to where you can see the soldiers saluting, the background people, then in the midst of everything the little boy is saluting, sort of, standing out of the crowd. I think this photo made the top 40 because the son is saluting instead of just standing there like everyone else.

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I chose this photo because I liked how Jacqueline Kennedy is standing there strong and showing little emotion even with the blood on her dress. What drew me to this photo was how it shows everyone, not just the, the main event. I think this photo made the top 40 because of how strong Jacqueline Kennedyis even with her husband just being assassinated.

 Justin Lane-Pool

I picked this photo because it shows the effects on family after 9/11. What drew me to this photo was the photographer focused on the one man and his son instead everyone else at the memorial that day.
This photo made the top 40 because it's very
 

Touching People

1. I think the project is pretty awkward but also teaches people about themselves in a way.
2. I would do it depending on the stranger. Not because I dont like people but if it was some nasty person straight off the street I'd be creeped out.
3. "People Starring", this would be a really strange photo shoot because if you thing about it, how weird would it be if someone asked you to stare at a random stranger and take the picture?
4. I liked the photography. The photos looked really good and I liked the how the people were the main focus and everything else was blurred.

Red, Metal, Happy

Red

Metal

Happy

Great Black &White Photographers PART 2

 Alvin Langdon Coburn

Alvin Langdon Coburn was born on June 11th, 1882 in Boston Massachusetts. When Coburn was only 8 years old, he was given his first camera. It was a 4 x 5 Kodak camera. He fell in love with the camera, and within a few years he had developed a talent for both visual composition and technical proficiency in the darkroom. By 1907, Coburn was considered to be "the greatest photographer in the world", and he was only 24 years old.  By 1930 Coburn had lost almost all interest in photography. He decided that his past had no use to him now, and over the summer he destroyed nearly 15,000 glass and film negatives – almost his entire life’s work.  Ironically, just when he was making an almost complete break from photography Coburn was elected Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photograph Society. Alvin Langdon Coburn died in his home in North Wales on November 23, 1966 at the age of 84.

Camera history and information

1. The "camera obscura" effect is when a tiny hole is cut in a wall of the dark room. Through the whole, light is focused, and the outside scene is projected upside down on the opposite wall.
2. When Isaac Newton and Christian Huygens perfected the understanding of optics and the process of making high quality glass lenses.
3. A glass lens, a dark box, and film.  
4. Modern cameras work the same. Light passes through the lens, into the camera, and exposes the film.
5. An electronic sensor called a CCD.
6. Auto mode controls the flash and exposure. On program mode you can control the flash and exposure.
7. Portrait mode is used to blur out the background. To do this, the camera tries to use the fastest available lens setting.
8. Sports mode is used to freeze motion. To do this, the camera will use the highest shutter speed possible. 
9. You have more control over focus, faster camera response, and encourages better composition.
10. Disabled flash. Use it when the natural light is better for the mood of the photograph.
11. Auto-Flash. This setting is enabled by default and will go off if flash is needed.
12. Too much light and the picture will be washed out.
13. The picture will be too dark.
14. A "stop" is a relative measurement of light. 
15. 2 stops
16. 4 stops
17. A longer shutter has more light.
18. A shorter shutter has less light.
19. The amount of light that passes through the lens.
20. By adjusting the F-Stop.

The Camera

Parallax -

the difference between the view of an object as seen through the picture-taking lens of a camera and the view as seen through a separate viewfinder.

Pentaprism-

a prism that has five faces, a pair of which are at 90° to each other; a ray entering one of the pair emerges from the other at an angle of 90° to its original direction: used especially in single-lens reflex cameras to reverse images laterally and reflect them to the viewfinder.

Pellicle- a thin, partially reflective coating, as on a beam splitter or pellicle mirror.  

Periscope-

an optical instrument for viewing objects that are above the level of direct sight or in an otherwise obstructed field of vision, consisting essentially of a tube with an arrangement of prisms or mirrors and, usually, lenses: used especially in submarines.

Aperture-

an opening, usually circular, that limits the quantity of light that can enter an optical instrument.

Shutter-

mechanical device for opening and closing the aperture of a camera lens to expose film or the like. 

Exposure- 

presentation to view, especially in an open or public manner

Depth of Field-   

the range of distances along the axis of an optical instrument, usually a camera lens, through which an object will produce a relatively distinct image. 

F-stop- 

the setting of an adjustable lens aperture, as indicated by an f number.

Focal Length- 

 the distance from a focal point of a lens or mirror to the corresponding principal plane.

Mode dial - Used to change the cameras mode.

Power Switch 

Flash Button 

Main Dial - used to change focus points, make Exposure Compensation adjustments, change ISO, and to control many more function.

Shutter Button - Used to take the picture.

Lens Release Button - Used to take the lens off.

 

 

 

 

Great Black & White Photographers

                                                Alvin Langdon Coburn

                                             Lewis Hine

                                              Yousuf Karsh

First Photos - Best & Worst

 I liked this photo mostly because of the profile of the photo. I also like it because she is looking out at the class instead of anywhere else. Another reason I like this photo is because her expression is a smile and makes the mood of the photo brighter.

There is many reasons why I dislike this picture. The obvious one is because she is facing away from the camera. Another reason is because I dislike the angle I took the picture in. Finally because it didnt come out clear, I shouldve focused the camera more for better quality.